TW domestics story
I had an ex that I had to walk on eggshells around like this.
If I accidentally talked about outer space, or spirituality, or anything interesting like that, it would trigger a dangerous panic attack. Like, "hide the knives", kind of existential dread. Grab the benzo's and the day is ruined.
After a while, sometimes all it would take is them seeing me reading quietly on the couch to trigger it, because they knew what I was reading about. Obviously it didn't last long after that lol.
Some people just cannot handle thinking about certain things, and it's very strange to me. Like real life self-inflicted thought crimes.